1984 World Series

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The 1984 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1984 season. The 81st edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Detroit Tigers and the National League (NL) champion San Diego Padres. The Tigers defeated the Padres in five games to win their first championship since 1968. This was the first World Series that Peter Ueberroth presided over as commissioner. Ueberroth began his tenure on October 1, succeeding Bowie Kuhn. Ueberroth had been elected as Kuhn's successor prior to the 1984 season but did not assume the job until the postseason, as he was serving as the chairman of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, which ran from July 28 through August 12. This was the last World Series in which the designated hitter was used for games played in an NL team's ballpark; in even-numbered years since 1976, the DH was used in all games) until MLB's adoption of the universal DH in 2022. The next...

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